HISTORY (TURKISH, NONTHESIS)
Master	TR-NQF-HE: Level 7	QF-EHEA: Second Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 7

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
TAR5013	Ottoman Military History	Fall	3	0	3	8

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	Turkish
Type of course:	Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Prof. Dr. FİKRET YILMAZ
Course Objectives:	To teach the military organization that deeply affected the administrative, economic and social life in the Ottoman Empire.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Students taking this course;
1. Have knowledge about the Ottoman military organization.
2. Analyzes the Ottoman war industry and technology with a comparative method.
3. Examines the effects of political, social and economic developments on the Ottoman military organization.

Course Content

Ottoman Military Organization, Ottoman Army, Military Effects on Ottoman Financial and Administrative Structure, Ottoman War Art, War Industry and Technology.
The learning methods of the course are classical learning methods as well as case study and simulation.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Ottoman Military Structure in the Foundation Period
2)	Kapıkulu Quarries, Paid Soldiers
3)	Provincial Troops
4)	Naval Force
5)	The Effects of Ottoman Military Structure on Ottoman Administrative and Financial Structure
6)	Wars and Taxes
7)	Midterm Exam
8)	Ottoman Campaign Organization
9)	Provision of the Ottoman Army
10)	Ottoman Castle Siege and Battle Techniques
11)	Ottoman War Industry
12)	Ottoman Military Structure and Changes in Warfare Systems
13)	Case Study
14)	Case Study

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

References:

M. Yaşar ERTAŞ, Sultanın Ordusu, Yeditepe Yayınevi, 2017.
Rhoads Murphey, Osmanlı’da Ordu ve Savaş, Homer Yayınları, 2007
Virginia Aksan, Osmanlı Harpleri, İş Bankası Yayınları, 2017
Kahraman Şakul, Yeni Bir Askeri Tarih Özlemi, Savaş, Teknoloji, Deneysel Çalışmalar, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, 2013.
İ. Hakkı Uzunçarşılı, Osmanlı Devlet Teşkilatından Kapıkulu Ocakları, 1-2, Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları, 1988.
Prof. Dr. Zeki Arıkan, Salih Özbaran, Prof. Dr. İdris Bostan, Lütfü Sancar Türk Denizcilik Tarihi, I-II, Deniz Basımevi Müdürlüğü, 2009.
Jeremy Black, Top, Tüfek ve Süngü Yeniçağda Savaş Sanatı 1453-1815, Yavuz Alogan (çev.), İstanbul: Kitap Yayınevi, 2003.
William McNeill, Europe’s Steppe Frontier 1500-1800, The University of Chicago Press, 1964.
David Ralston, Importing the European Army: The Introduction of European Military Techniques and Institutions in the Extra-European World, 1600-1914, University of Chicago Press, 1995
Jonathan Grant, “Rethinking the Ottoman ‘Decline’: military technology diffusion in the Ottoman Empire, fifteenth to eighteenth centuries”, Journal of World History, Bahar 1999, sy. 10.
İ.Hakkı Uzunçarşılı, Osmanlı Devletinin Merkez ve Bahriye Teşkilatı, Ankara: TTK, 1984
Halil İnalcık, “The Rise of Ottoman Maritime Principalities in Anatolia, Byzantium, and the Crusades”, Byzantische Forschungen, 1985, sy. XI, s. 179-217
İdris Bostan, Osmanlı Bahriye Teşkilatı: XVII. Yüzyılda Tersane-i Amire, Ankara: TTK, 1992
Agoston, Gabor. Osmanlı’da Strateji ve Askeri Güç, Çev. Fatih Çalışır, Timaş Yayınları, İstanbul, 2012.
TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi İlgili Maddeleri
Colin Imber, The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650, the structure of power, London: Palgrave ve Macmillian, 2002
Paul Wittek, The Rise of the Ottoman Empire, New York: B. Franklin, 1971
M. Fuad Köprülü, The Origins of the Ottoman Empire, çev. ve haz. G. Leiser, Albany: New York, State University of New York Press, 1992
R. P. Lindner, Nomads and Ottomans in medieval Anatolia, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1983
Cemal Kafadar, Between Two Worlds: the construction of the Ottoman state, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995
Heath W. Lowry, The Nature of the Early Ottoman State, State University of New York Press, 2003
Colin Heywood, “Wittek and the Austrian Tradition”, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1988 sy. 1, s. 7-25
Halil İnalcık, “Ottoman Methods of Conquest”, Sudia Islamica, 1954, sy. 2, s. 104-129
Ömer Lütfi Barkan, “İstila Devirlerinin Kolonizatör Türk Dervişleri ve Zaviyeler”, Vakıflar Dergisi, 1942, sy. 2, s. 279-386
Géza Dávid and Pál Fodor (haz.), Ottomans, Hungarians, and Habsburgs in Central Europe, Leiden: Brill, 2000;
Dávid and Fodor (haz.), Hungarian-Ottoman Military and Diplomatic Relations in the Age of Süleyman the Magnificent, Budapeşte: Loránd Eötvös University, 1994
Fischer-Galati-Király (haz.), Essays on War and Society in East Central Europe, 1740-1920, New York: Boulder, 1987
Király-Bak (haz.), From Hunyadi to Rakoczi, War and Society in Late Medieval and Early Modern Hungary, New York: Brooklyn College Press, 1982
F. Szakaly, “Phases of Turco-Hungarian warfare before the Battle of Mohacs”, Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 1979, c. 5, sy. 33 (1), s. 65-111
“Ottoman-Habsburg Rivalry: The European Perspective”, Süleyman the Second and His Time, İnalcık-Kafadar (haz.), Istanbul: Isis Press, 1993.
Mark Stein, “Reviews”, The Turkish Studies Association Bulletin, İlkbahar 2001, c. 25, sy. 1, s. 75-77;
Gábor Ágoston, “The Costs of the Ottoman Fortress-System in Hungary in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries”, Brill, 2000.
Caroline Finkel, “The Cost of Ottoman Warfare and Defense”, Byzantinische Forschungen, 1990, sy. 16, s. 91-103.
Virginia Aksan, “Locating the Ottomans Among Early Modern Empires”, Journal of Early Modern History, 1999.
Shai Har-El, Struggle for Domination in the Middle East: The Ottoman-Mamluk War, 1485-94, Leiden: Brill, 1995.
Adel Allouche, The Origins and Development of the Ottoman-Safavid Conflict 906-962/ 1500-1555), Islamkundliche Untersuchungen, Berlin, 1983.
Remzi Kılıç, XVI ve XVII. Yüzyıllarda Osmanlı-İran Siyasî Antlaşmaları, İstanbul: Tez Yayınları, 2001.
B. Kütükoğlu, Osmanlı-İran Siyasî Münasebetleri (1578- 1612), İstanbul: Fetih Yayınları, 1993
Şehabeddin Tekindağ, “Yeni Kaynak ve Vesikaların Işığında Yavuz Sultan Selim’in İran Seferi”, Tarih Dergisi, 1968, sy. XVII, s. 49-7
Mustafa Akdağ, Celali İsyanları 1550-1603, İstanbul, 1963.
Mücteba İlgürel, “Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nda Ateşli Silahların Yayılışı”, İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Tarih Dergisi, Mart 1979, sy. 32.
Mustafa Cezar, Osmanlı Tarihinde Levendler, İstanbul Güzel Sanatlar Akademisi Yayınları, 1965.
Gabor Ágoston, “Ottoman Artillery and Military Technology in the 15th to 17th Centuries”, Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 1994, sy. 47.
Gabor Ágoston, “Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nda Harp Endüstrisi ve Barut Teknolojisi (1450- 1700)”, Osmanlı, c. 6, Güler Eren (haz.), Ankara, 2000.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Total		%
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 0
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		%
Total		%

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Application	12	3	36
Study Hours Out of Class	13	9	117
Midterms	1	3	3
Final	1	3	3
Total Workload			201

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	By working in various disciplines under the Department of History, they will make in-depth investigations and in this way they will reach more solid knowledge.	4
2)	They will contribute to the science of history with their works by comprehending the rules of scientific ethics in a good way.	4
3)	They will evaluate historical issues in a cause-and-effect relationship and present their research and analysis works.	4
4)	To be able to develop and develop a problem related to the research area and apply solution methods to the problem independently.	4
5)	To be able to access, interpret, evaluate the reliability and validity of historical data.	5